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Photo by Thomas MacIntosh of Urban.hues.imagery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589232820579-Q4TRB5IPYM6DBI5RA6GP/171129T5i_DP_DamaniPhillips-0765c6.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589232855097-21LUYY7TX93CNW3IBWO5/DP+web-1033.jpg Photos Every once in a while you'll catch me smiling... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589684881931-YS7MA4HOCYBYPXZ7IW6W/Phillips+Presenting+ILCC.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589686328086-OQU1QGAPASOJ72KG3YT6/12507382_10153810167713913_4127381990342819631_n.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589686388885-5PKKNEM88HGW4EGJZHGK/Kazakhstan+2.jpg Photos Conversation on music business and self-promotion in Kazakhstan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589232854255-SK3FLEWKD0DC8QTFYEMH/DP+web-1021.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589686310908-3AOYXEW2P7N580DIW6JH/_DSC0007.jpg Photos Givng a go at my second "instrument" - scat singing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589232854686-ZF64V2AENA3COLNOP8NY/DP+web-1029.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589685980339-DLJ2TCTQ9PPYNVR6OT7H/20160110_063855.jpg Photos From my 2016 Tour of Brazil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589684937938-6LIM9PL76ZBYGSGTDSHJ/_DSC0005.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589686353580-NOMV79W25B69COFYNYSH/Kazakhstan+1.jpg Photos With jazz Students at the National Conservatory in Kazakstan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589686407464-F5P83XQO6Q8QAJW2VRZO/Duality+Album+Cover.jpg Photos "Duality" Abum Cover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589686432737-XXT3358XEHW2UUCZP5GH/Updated+book+cover.jpg Photos Cover of the book! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589686449043-LWO8MBPZ3XSQXB4GS0PF/with_the_CIS.jpg Photos Playing Robert Nelson's "Up South" for chamber orchestra and bg band with the Central Iowa Symphony and the Iowa State jazz ensemble. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589686472915-ER1UNRFJB355D4QNCZQD/PBNG+-+LIve+in+Iowa+Cover+with+link.jpg Photos Cover of the latest album "Live in Iowa" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589686488669-GA7ZLHO3J768JBG6JWXJ/string+Theory+cover.jpg Photos Album cover from "The String Theory" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589686585346-9F2NBZTW5VXS7370BE2A/00001307.jpg Photos With my Univ of Iowa saxophone colleague Kenneth Tse. Saxophone powers unite! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589686688408-OQNC75UZJGBSP7LBFNAX/back+cover+pic+not+retouched.jpg Photos Another great snap from Thomas MacIntosh of Urban.Hues.Imagery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589686876171-IFCKO8MAO91I152RX3AY/20181219_212631.jpg Photos After the International Indo-Jazz concert collaboration with master Tabla player Dr. Rishitosh Kumar in Delhi, India https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589687020033-OFBOHJOBPBAZNBMKT3QV/46863533842_80bb911f7e_k.jpg Photos Indo Jazz performance at the American Embassy in Delhi, India https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589687092498-LO3OSHRP6NLYP9VTK367/20181219_205259.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589687117936-JN8A5TD0RQKWR0GQL1PR/IMG-20181223-WA0034.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589687182500-XSUIOI2A38CKC96LL0V6/12418031_10153807426063913_3142268433616242545_n.jpg Photos Poster from an event during my tour to Brazil a few years back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589687207968-59K736UQ9OU3AJ9RD6EK/27858474_1873149952758935_6681847607749907973_n.jpg Photos PACKED HOUSE at our gig in Uberlandia, Brazil. What a beautiful musical night this was!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589687255296-LOEQO66QB4G2CVVCHZKS/20170611_125645.jpg Photos A trip to the distillery of my favorite scotch in Islay, Scotland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1590091674897-96LMV5YXM3P1E9IHBSH0/00001225.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1590092142382-CE6AGD010VYQ64VSO7UE/20181008_220133.jpg Photos An honor and a pleasure to have the one and only Rufus Reid in Residency at my school. At dinner with he and my colleagues https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1590092336768-P0YU15BRH601RC1PAC0H/wellman+7.jpg Photos A post-rehearsal moment with the Max Wellman 7 group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1590092732385-X2Y8B5BFIJJNU7C2KA1C/20170611_122927.jpg Photos Getting to fill my own personal bottle of scotch straight from the cask at the Laphroaig distillery! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1590234641236-VD059YFZN8XWOWDO72JG/20200318_134517.jpg Photos Wheels down for my residency at Yale-Nationl University of Singapore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1590234638174-YXPHCSYISRWU42YFOFPD/20200319_205550.jpg Photos Final rehearsal with the students at Yale-National University of Singapore music studentsUniversity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1590234625514-KCJICKWW8QGL6U7WL1FV/IMG-20200321-WA0000.jpg Photos Yale-NUS (Singapore) residency final concert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1590234626329-8L4WCK6DR4IOV4U1J3TI/IMG-20200322-WA0000.jpg Photos In Singapore enjoying my favorite beverage with good friends at Bespoke. This is easily the best glass of scotch I;ve ever tasted in my life! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1590234627608-7SDCBVVHCGLKWGEHLRDL/IMG-20200322-WA0003.jpg Photos A pre-concert selfie with the Yale-NUS students before heading into battle. Talented group of students! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1590235454166-0Y0OWJJQ76PI9Z059J11/Damani+Philips+Poster+V2+%28002%29.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1590235454167-Y9JMCKKAPE9MLC3Y2BE5/Damani+Phillips+Performance+Poster+Final.jpg Photos https://www.damaniphillips.com/about daily 0.75 2020-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1589682847348-07QMISEVSYZB4VXCUO24/DP+web-1019.jpg About Dr. Damani Philips is a native of Pontiac, MI, and currently serves as Director of Jazz Studies and Associate Professor of African-American Studies at the University of Iowa. Phillips has earned Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from DePaul University and The University of Kentucky in classical saxophone, a second Master of Music degree in Jazz Studies from Wayne State University and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Jazz Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. An active performer, pedagogue and lecturer, Phillips has taught and performed throughout the world. He has previously served on the faculty of Grinnell College and Oakland University, and is actively sought as a guest artist, clinician, adjudicator and presenter throughout the country. He has performed with artists/groups such as Lewis Nash, Christian McBride, Wycliffe Gordon, Bobby McFerrin, Marcus Belgrave, Terrell Stafford, Hank Jones, Red Holloway and Pat Bianchi among many others. He has released 5 albums as a leader, and published his first book “What Is This Thing Called Soul: Conversations on Black Culture and Jazz Education” in 2017. 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All written and/or arranged by yours truly. My favorite album of everything I’ve recorded over the years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1590088013766-S3TIRPKKVMHA18046VW1/Reckoning+Cover.png Discography - “The Reckoning” Damani Phillips 2012 Forst recording with some of the great luiminaries of jazz: Lewis Nash on drums, Greg Gisbert on trumpet and Pat Bianchi on Hammond organ. A monster of a recording with an absolutely stellar band! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1635682528512-9THPO9Z1XKIFOSPPVOAO/No+More+Apologies+Cover+-+Hi+Res.jpg Discography - “NO MORE APOLOGIES” Damani Phillips, Openmind Records, November 5, 2021 A project completely apart from anything I’ve released prior, I took a big risk with this album. Is it possible to find a string section that can handle swing, funk, hip hop and other syncopated Black music without sounding completely out of their element? Took some doing, but I found them! Combined with a quartet of stellar jazz musicians, No More Apologies proudly offers a fresh take on what's possible in jazz! If you liked my 2010 album “The String Theory”, you will LOVE this project. Take a listen: NO MORE APOLOGIES PREVIEW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1590088350684-TYRVXLQGGCB9LNVTC5CE/akimbo.jpg Discography - “Brazilliant” Kid Akimbo 2011 Guest soloist on Akimbo’s sultry cover of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean”. Listen /Purchase HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1590089511970-IDS9LYJ54GPNG94FN3WI/quincy.jpg Discography - “In My Mind” Quincy Stewart 2011 Guest soloist on fellow Pontiac, Michigan musician Quincy Stewart’s original composition “Goodbye”. Check him out. You WON’T be sorry that you did. Listen/Download HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1590086742160-OK4QAFF06UH8TCBGFTJU/Tormey.jpg Discography - “Theories of Place” Alan Tormey (composer) New Focus Recordings, 2013 Alto axophone on Tormey’s 20th century (classical) electronic composition “Downward Dogs”. Just when you though you had me pegged….. Listen / Purchase HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1590080674238-RK5RVCQ17VD3U71DHPLG/PBNG+-+LIve+in+Iowa+Cover.jpg Discography - “LIVE IN IOWA” P.B.N.G. (Phillips, Bianchi, Nash and Gisbert) 2018 Reunited with the great Pat Bianchi (Hammond organ), Lewis Nash (Drums) and Greg Gisbert (Trumpet) to record a live album - recorded entirely in Iowa music venues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1590081739479-O9Q76VGT423HMO8EZJVG/Duality+Album+Cover.jpg Discography - “Duality” Damani Phillips 2015 A double album containing one disk of straight ahead/contemporary jazz and a second disk of jazz paired with hip hop music from my favorite producers. A project like few others out there! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1590082473617-WWVDMM0MPNXUKRXDO5RO/Wellamn+JIT.jpg Discography - “Just in Time” Max Wellman 2015 Saxophonist and Contributing Arranger on vocalist Max Wellman’s album feat. little big band. Listen/Purchase HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1590083532334-CKHKRUKDOZ63LM6UVC22/northwest.jpg Discography - “Minor Suggestions” Northwest + 1 2014 Co-Leader with Washington State trumpeter and fellow CU Boulder classmate Kevin Woods. This collaboration brings together a slew of the top call musicians from the northwestern United States…plus yours truly (aka the +1)! Listen/Purchase HERE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1590090085019-V1YR6KS078773A2QKZ9B/yaktown.jpg Discography - “Yaktown Nights” Damani Phillips Six Deep Records LLC, (2004) My maiden voyage as a jazz saxophonist! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaf0b6e996c0456ce67c50a/1590081146973-9GPE8PAKWZBOQN787LM5/Updated+book+cover.jpg Discography - Book: “What Is This Thing Called Soul: Conversations on Black Culture and Jazz Education” Peter Lang Publishing: Black Studies and Critical Thinking Series 2017 How does academic jazz education impact the Black cultural value of soulfulness and esthetic standards in contemporary jazz music? Through candid conversations with nine of the country’s most highly respected jazz practitioners and teachers, What Is This Thing Called Soul explores the potential consequences of forcing the Black musical style of jazz into an academic pedagogical system that is specifically designed to facilitate the practice and pedagogy of European classical music. This work tests the belief that the cultural, emotional and esthetic elements at the very core of jazz’s unique identity, along with the music’s overt connection to Black culture, are effectively being “lost in translation” in traversing the divide between academic and non‐academic jazz spheres. Each interviewee commands significant respect worldwide in the fields of jazz performance and jazz pedagogy. Noteworthy subjects include: Rufus Reid, Lewis Nash, Nicholas Payton and Wycliffe Gordon—along with the late jazz masters Marcus Belgrave and Phil Woods. Interviews are supplemented by original analysis of the nature and validity of these issues contributed by the author. What Is This Thing Called Soul offers a candid and objective look into pressing issues of race, culture and ethnic value in relation to both jazz music and jazz education. Preview / Learn More HERE https://www.damaniphillips.com/turquoise-moon daily 0.75 2020-05-15 https://www.damaniphillips.com/the-distance-between-us-1 daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://www.damaniphillips.com/that-was-then-v1 daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://www.damaniphillips.com/store daily 0.75 2023-07-24